1PHRASAL VERB (某个字母)是…的缩写,代表,表示 If you say that a letter stands for a particular word, you mean that it is an abbreviation for that word. (某个字母)是…的缩写,代表,表示
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. [VERBPREP. noun]
2PHRASAL VERB 支持,主张,代表(某种观点或态度) The ideas or attitudes that someone or something stands for are the ones that they support or represent. 支持,主张,代表(某种观点或态度)
The party is trying to give the impression that it alone stands for democracy. [VERBPREP. noun]
该党正试图让大家觉得只有它才是民主的代表。
He hates us and everything we stand for. [VERBPREP. noun]